At the beach, Camelia plans to celebrate her son Angel’s
birthday. Provoked by the unforeseen disappearance of his father, Angel
escapes, and Camelia is forced to begin a search that will lead her to confront
the failure of her family.

DIRECTOR'S BIO:Adam Breier has received an MA degree
specialized in Media Studies in Hungary, he took screenwriting courses in New
York, and later on he has graduated from the EICTV (Escuela Internacional de
Cine y Television) in Cuba majoring in fiction directing.His short fiction and documentary
films have been shown in festivals in more then ten countries of the world. He
has also directed commercials in Hungary and France.

Adam has lived and worked in France,
Cuba and USA and he is fluent in French, Spanish, English and Hungarian.

His project for a first feature, The Strike has been selected to the Biennale Cinema College 2013 of
Venice.

Founded in 1986, EICTV is a teaching project of the
Foundation of the New Latin American Cinema (FNCL), presided by Nobel Prize
winner, writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is a member of CILECT (Centre
International de Liaison de Écoles
de Cinéma et de Télévision), and it is also member of FEISAL (Federation of
Image and Sound Schools of the Latin America), holding the presidency of this
organization up to the present.

Although Spanish is not my native language, after three
years living in Cuba, it felt confortable.
I enjoyed it a lot, but it was a challenge to direct actors in a foreign
language.

We were using a special method, the Meisner Method to
prepare our actors to give an honest performance. It has worked out really
good, I would love to keep on using this amazing method.

What made you want to make this movie?

I have founded fascinating how common prostitution in the
Cuban society. I was curious how can the family members deal with something
like that in the family.

If you had to do it over again, what
would you do differently?

There are a couple small details in the
script that I would do differently, but most of the process I would do the
same. We have learnt a lot from our mistakes as well.

What did you learn about directing
films?

You can’t make movies alone. This was a
thesis project from a film school not only for me, but for the photographer,
the editor, the producer etc. therefore it was our baby. I had a great crew and
this movie would not even me half as good without them.

How did you decide on these actors?

It was a really long casting process to
decide who will play the parts. We wanted to create a real family therefore it
was important that not only they be good actors but to have the chemistry
between them. Finding the kid was the longest process.

Who are your influences?

My biggest influences are filmmakers
like Cassavettes who puts most of his interest on the actor. I believe that the
most important in a movie is the human being that we are following.

Where do you want to work in the future
in Europe or Latin America?

Hopefully in both continents, but for
the moment I am preparing my first feature project in Europe.